Tense Errors

Which of the following is an example of present perfect tense?

• She is working for three different companies.

• She has worked for three different countries.

• She works for three different companies.

• She has been working for three different companies.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.

While we __________ (talk), someone ______ (break) into the house and left us this note.

• will talk, breaks

• have been talking, will break

• talk, broke

• were talking, broke

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb.

He _____________ (play) the guitar since six this morning.

• has played

• will have been playing

• has been playing

• plays

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What should replace the underlined verbs?

A year ago Mrs. Ramsey will wake up at 2 am. At first she didn't know why she had woken up, but then she hears a noise.

• would wake up, heard

• woke up, heard

• is waking up, will hear

• has woken up, hear

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Identify the tense used in the sentence in the given image.

Katie had been practicing for weeks before the contest.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• past perfect continuous

• past continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which tense is used in the sentence in the given image?

By tonight, I'll have been working for seven hours!!

• past perfect continuous

• future perfect

• future continuous

• future perfect continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the option which identifies the error in the sentence and rectifies it.

Hint - Use future perfect tense.

When we reach Land's End we will have walking 1500 km.

• Error - walking, Correction - walked

• Error - walking, Correction - walk

• Error - have , Correction - has

• Error - have, Correction - had

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.

When I saw him he _____________ (paint) a picture.

• were painting

• will be painting

• is painting

• was painting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.

He _______________ (live) in Oxford for two years before he graduated and moved to London.

• is living

• had been living

• lives

• has been living

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.

Travelling _____________ (become) much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years.

• have become

• has become

• will become

• becomes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D